Definition of "demilitarizing" []

• Present participle of demilitarize. (verb)

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• "By erasing the U.S. footprint in Iraq, "demilitarizing" the fight against terrorism, working toward a settlement for the Palestinians and otherwise assuaging Muslim sensibilities while making terrorism "uncool," Mr. Sageman believes the air can slowly be let out of the jihadist balloon."
• "Despite all the rhetoric about demilitarizing Europe and preventing the emergence of new dividing lines, the United States seemed intent on encircling the new democratic Russia even more tightly than it had contained the totalitarian USSR."
• "A hybrid economy must emerge, and one that combines the best of the free market while, at the same time, protecting and preserving the social good stopping rape, and genocide in Darfur and throughout Africa combatting religious and racial intolerance demilitarizing the planet, and setting a deadline for global nuclear proliferation establishing an international venue where enemy nations can meet regularly to resolve their disputes through dialogue and negotiation instead of armed combat."